The activists and demonstrators gathered at an interfaith vigil service in the early evening, before marching silently to the Nigeria consulate and UN mission two blocks away.
One of the organizers, PathFinders Justice Executive Director R. Evon Idahosa, told SaharaReporters that the event was “decidedly interfaith because it creates a representation that the violence against the Chibok girls can happen to anyone.”
“Making this event interfaith shows the many faces of violence against women,” R. Evon Idahosa said.
Giving the Chibok girls justice was a central theme in the speeches by religious and activist speakers. A high school student who spoke at the vigil told SaharaReporters that she feels that “people should enlighten themselves about the Chibok girls” and that the most important first step is to “become educated and expose yourself to new experiences.”
